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title: 2 Kings 2:15 (JPS 1917) — And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho some way off… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho some way off saw him, they said: 'The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.' And they came to meet him, and bowed down to the ground before him. Who acts: prophets, sons, spirit. 2 Kings 2:15 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmati
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# 2 Kings 2:15 · JPS 1917

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And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho some way off saw him, they said: 'The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.' And they came to meet him, and bowed down to the ground before him.

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**Who acts:** prophets, sons, spirit · **What happens:** be, see, say, rest, come, meet · **To what, where:** Jericho, Elijah, Elisha · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 2:15 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prophets, sons, spirit), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = jps:2KI:37
# text = And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho some way off saw him, they said: 'The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.' And they came to meet him, and bowed down to the ground before him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Jericho	Jericho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	off	off	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
21	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	_
22	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	doth	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	ccomp	_	_
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Elisha	Elisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
31	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
32	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
41	down	down	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	before	before	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the prophets |  |  | Jericho |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | the sons of the prophets | Elijah |  |  |  | off *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **rest** | present · do-support | the spirit of Elijah |  |  | Elisha |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on elisha=Location |
| 5 | **come** | past | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **meet** | to-infinitive | sons *= son* *not said here* | Elijah |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 7 | **bow down** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* |  |  |  | before Elijah | to the ground; down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew}

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וַיִּרְאֻ֨הוּ בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־בִּֽירִיחוֹ֙ מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נָ֛חָה ר֥וּחַ אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ עַל־אֱלִישָׁ֑ע וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ל֖וֹ אָֽרְצָה׃

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